2008 AHS Spring Field Trip, Mount Magazine State Park and Surrounding Areas, Logan and Yell Counties, Arkansas, USA
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Breeding Pair Series: 6 of 36.
After the snakes pause and we pause with them, the male quickly resumes his stimulations of the female. It seems to me that he actually positions his body on top of her head to push it back down...as if to say, "hush, hush, little darling...you just worry about me".
